Concealed hinge for refrigerators



Feb. 27, 1934. TELLER ET AL 1,948,775

CONCEALED HINGE FOR REFRIGERATORS Filed Jan. 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Feb. 27, 1934. J. TELLER ET AL CONCEALED HINGE FOR REFRIGERATORS FiledJan. 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ill/ Vll/II II/I Patented Feb. 27, 1934UNITED STATES CONCEALED HINGE FOR REFRIGERATOBS Jacob Teller, Chicago,and Arthur P. Schulz, Berwyn, Ill., assignors, by mesne assignments, toTeller Stove Designing Corporation, a corporation of New YorkApplication January 24, 1931. Serial No. 511,048

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hinges,and has for one of its objects the provision of a hinge of the concealedtype.

Another purpose of the invention is the formation of a hinge of thecharacter indicated of simple construction and of few structuralelements.

A still further aim is the production of a concealed hinge havingstationary and movable hinge sections so arranged as to eliminate thenecessity of cutting door'flanges.

An additionalobject is the construction of a hinge of the type-specifiedcapable of ready application to cabinets, such as refrigerator chests,whereby the front door of the chest will be characterized, when inclosed position, by a lack of protuberances or projecting parts otherthan the door handles.

With these and other objects in view as will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which the invention appertains, reference is madeto the I accompanying drawings formingpart of the disclosure and showinga preferred embodiment, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of arefrigerator chest, showing the invention applied to a door thereof, sothat no hinge is visible,

Figure 2 is a view taken on, line 22 of Figure 3, showing the hinge inplan and-fragments of the door and chest to which the hinge is applied,in section,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation of the chest, showing thehinge and its associated recess in dotted lines,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hinge, showing it in operativeposition upon a door of a refrigerator chest.

The character R designates a refrigerator chest having the inventionapplied thereto. As will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 1, noprojections other than the handle H are visible upon the door or closureD. The latter swings about the corner C of the cabinet or chest R.

The hinge designated as a whole by the numeral 10 comprises two hingesections or straps 11 and 12 respectively. The section 11 consists of aflattened .strip portion 13 secured as by screws 14 to the door orclosure D of the chest, and having an angular arm 16 terminating in aknuckle 1'7. The strip and its arm are structurally integral, and thearm and its knuckle 1'? are fitted in a groove 18 adjacent the edge ofthe door. The strip 13 and its arm and knuckle constitute the movablepart of the hinge assembly.

The hinge section 12 is rigidly attached to the chest R by screws. 19,and this section comprisesin addition to the flattened strip portion 20,twoangular extension elements 21 and 22,

'the former substantially normal and the latter cent the wall 25defining a side of the recess.

parallel to but offset with respect to the strip portion 20. Theextension element 22 terminates in a knuckle 23 positioned above theknuckle 1'1, both knuckles having a pivot pin or pintle 24 passedtherethrough. v

The numeral 24 designates a recess formed within the closure D forreceiving the extension elements 21 and 22. In the closed position ofthe closure the extension element 22 lies adjacent the wall 24* definingthe back of the recess, while the extension element 21 lies adja- Itwill be noted that the recess is located vertically above the stripsection 13 so that in the closed position of the closure D, the latterwill lie flush against the chest R with the hinge sections 12 and 13vertically disposed with respect to each other. In the open position ofthe closure it is separated from the chest as will be apparent from aninspection of Figure 4.

From the above description it will be seen that I have constructed ahinge of a simple character which eliminates door flanges, yet is welladapted to accomplish the desired results. Each closure or door D willbe equipped with a plurality of such hinges, spaced from each other, asis common practice, so as to form a firm assembly upon which the doormay be mounted for swinging movement. It will also be seen that theextension element 22 constitutes a stopfor the closure to limit theoutward swinging movement thereof.

Various modifications and changes may be made in my invention withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, and it is my intention to be limitedonly as may be necessary by the scope of the claim appended hereto.

We claim:

A fiat leaf type hinge comprising a pair of leaf elements each having aknuckle and arranged in superposed edge-to-edge relationship adjacentthe knuckles, a pintle connecting-the knuckles of said leaves forpivotal movement thereon. one element of the hinge having substantiallyright angularly extending continuous portions, the angular portionremote from the knuckle constituting an attaching means, and the otherleaf element having a section intermediate' it's ends angularly disposedwith respect thereto providing an offset attaching'section remote fromits knuckle adapted to extend in a plane parallel to the plane of theattaching portion of the other leaf element, whereby said leaf elementsare constantly in mutually contacting edge-to-edge relationship atpoints remote from the knuckles in all operative positions. JACOBTELLER.

ARTHUR P. SCHULZ.

